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GLOBAL: As the money flows, so the world turns Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 15 July 2009 (PlusNews) - The stats are in – 2008 was a bumper year for HIV/AIDS funding, according to... Read more

SOUTHERN AFRICA: The high cost of sex work Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 16 July 2009 (PlusNews) - Southern Africa's sex workers, denied access to HIV prevention and treatment... Read more

Uganda: Catch 22 - to Breastfeed or Not to Breastfeed Posted on allafrica.com As the world commemorates the world breastfeeding week, Uganda's readiness to promote breastfeeding in emergency se... Read more

Botswana: Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Lowest in Africa - Study Posted on allafrica.com A study has revealed that Botswana has the lowest rate of mother-to-child transmission ever recorded in Africa or f... Read more

Uganda: Global Fund Gives Sh9.2 Billion for ARVs Posted on allafrica.com Kampala — THE Government has received sh9.2b from the Global Fund for the emergency procurement of anti-retroviral ... Read more

NAMIBIA: Saving HIV-positive babies Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 3 August 2009 (PlusNews) - While a number of countries in southern Africa have made great strides in i... Read more

Namibia: Pregnancy, HIV Add to Flu Risk Posted on allafrica.com Research published last week has shown that pregnant women and HIV-infected people are more prone to contracting th... Read more

Uganda: Army Slams Embassies Over HIV Discriminations Posted on allafrica.com Kampala — ARMY spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye has lashed out at embassies that deny visas to HIV-positive soldie... Read more

ETHIOPIA: Government empowers nurses to boost ARV treatment Posted on plusnews.org ADDIS ABABA, 7 August 2009 (PlusNews) - Simay Muluneh, 32, who lives in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, will a... Read more

Africa: Alarm Over Laws Criminalizing HIV Transmission Posted on allafrica.com Civil societies have criticized the so called African Model Law on HIV/AIDS which they say hurts the fight against ... Read more

Rwanda: Moh to Open HIV/Aids Centre for Kids Posted on allafrica.com Kigali — After years of focusing mainly on adults, the Ministry of Health, will set up a special centre for childre... Read more

Nigeria: Wade - A Sick Nation Can Never Develop Posted on allafrica.com Dakar — Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, has said that proper attention to health-related issues in developing... Read more

SOUTH AFRICA: HIV biggest threat to pregnant women Posted on plusnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 11 August 2009 (PlusNews) - HIV is the main cause of death among pregnant women in Johannesburg, South... Read more

Ghana: Upper East Health Service Targets 200,000 for HIV Test Posted on allafrica.com Bolga — The Upper East office of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the "know your status HIV/AIDS campaig... Read more

RWANDA: On course to achieve treatment-access targets Posted on plusnews.org KIGALI, 14 August 2009(PlusNews) - The tiny nation of Rwanda has emerged as the unlikely star of central Africa in m... Read more

UGANDA: Hungry HIV-positive patients abandon ARVs Posted on plusnews.org AMURIA, 18 August 2009 (PlusNews) - HIV-positive patients in drought-hit eastern Uganda are abandoning their anti-re... Read more

MOZAMBIQUE: An accord to combat prejudice and stigma Posted on plusnews.org CHITOBE, 13 August 2009 (PlusNews) - Many people living with HIV in Mozambique's Manica Province, near the Zimbabwe ... Read more

Uganda: MPs Want Compulsory HIV/Aids Testing Posted on allafrica.com Members of Parliament have suggested that HIV/Aids testing and counselling be made compulsory in order to control n... Read more

HIV-positive teens choose religion over ARVs Posted on plusnew.org on 8th October 2010. Ugandan health workers are concerned by the growing number of HIV-positive teens who are abandon... Read more

Drug-resistant HIV threat looming Posted on plusnews.org on 13/10/2010 HIV-positive patients about to start antiretroviral treatment are warned not to skip even the occasi... Read more

HIV/AIDS: Global Fund looks to private sector to fill funding gap Posted on plusnews.org on 18 October 2010. With its coffers running at least US$1 billion short, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosi... Read more

Stigma continues to hold back Darfur's HIV fight Photo: Glenna Gordon/IRIN Many people travel miles to get tested at a VCT centre where they are unlikely to be recognized ... Read more

HIV/AIDS: Concurrency debate heats up Photo: OneLove Campaign The OneLove campaign focuses on the issue of multiple concurrent partnerships An academic dispute... Read more

Research shows World Cup did not fuel sex work or HIV The South African sex work industry has released a new report that has shown the country's recent soccer World Cup did not fuel a rise in se... Read more

Technology revolution hits HIV testing and treatment Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez/IRIN In the event of power cuts, point-of-care CD4 count machines can run for up to two days on ... Read more

Deadly consequences of inadequate HIV counselling Photo: Mr Ush/Flickr High quality counselling is vital to HIV-positive people's peace of mind GULU,Carol Apiyo* is st... Read more

CEOs lead by example, take public HIV tests Photo: Keishamaza Rukikaire/IRIN The CEOs hope that by testing, they will encourage their staff to get tested for HIV KAM... Read more

HIV-prevention for youth - it's complicated Photo: Obina Anyadike/IRIN Young people have their own ideas about what is driving HIV JOHANNESBURG, When it comes ... Read more

Somalia-Baby steps towards a PMTCT programme Photo: Siegfried Modola/IRIN Most Somali women still know very little about HIV Posted on plusnews.org on 30th Novemb... Read more

ZAMBIA: How to make broad ARV access work Photo: A.Mahumana/PlusNews Zambia has gone from two ARV sites to 420 in six years JOHANNESBURG, - Zambia is a poor c... Read more